Coming Up.
What's ahead? Well, we've got a plethora of beasts and plants in the
works, and even a new crossbow. Jonael is working on a quite fascinating
topic: the Shamanic Death Rites of the Troll Race - expect details soon!
Judy on the other hand is interpreting "The Journey" mystery story by
Artimidor with a new thought-provoking illustration while the story itself
will also get an update within the next months. Oh, and the Caelerethian
Moon discussion is in full swing, so we hope to finally be able to provide
answers on various questions in this regard by putting it all in an entry!

Bestiary

Updated entry on the
Dark Stryke Shark,
a deadly and mysterious beast, source of fear and myth on the northern
seas for many years
(pic Seeker)Updated entry on the
Night-Stalker, a carnivorous sloth of the Scattersand Shoals
(pic Tikanni Corazon)Added the
Flying Animals Overview, collecting all we have on smaller flying
creatures and adding various pictures where we have them already
(Seeker)Added entry on the
Silkyback Newt ("Folsin"), a little known, largely unregarded
inhabitant living in the mountain forests of the Crimson Isles
(Seth Ghibta)

Herbarium

Updated entry on the
Crimson Rose, adding
illustration of the famous "Assassin's Rose"
(pic Seeker)Added entry on the
Sapphire Anemone, a strange looking water plant of the Scattersand
Shoals
(Tikanni)

The process of adjusting Earthen measurements to our Santharian
standards is now done, except for a handful of cases where other ways of
Santharian expressions need to be found. These few cases will be fixed
within the next weeks
(Sparkle & Artimidor)

Site Update
of August 29th 2010 by Artimidor and Seeker

Update Statement. This
update we invite you to a banquet, full with half a dozen pictures of
delectable food and drinks, ranging from fresh
Loibl Bread over
Dainbel Pie and
Roast Taenish to
Twilight's Heart Wine and
Aohu'o Spiced
Mead (all done by Seeker). Getting hungry already? While you're eating
and wondering what else we've got: If you're looking for fascinating new
beasts we can recommend taking a look at Tikanni's latest projects, the
Aquanix (along with a picture she
drew) and the Night-stalker, a
carnivorous sloth. Sparkle has also discovered a furry snake up North, the
Snynx, and Eldor even found a
fish mount for rogue Brownies, the
Dominoore... We also have
some interesting people described this week, like the Avennorian Pirate
Rekj Snivild (Athviaro) or
the popular hobbit hero Mian
Longfellow (Valan). And finally a new invention makes life in the
halls of the Santharian Compendium easier - the
Swivelstool (written by Jonael,
illustration included). Add to that a lot more of organizational
work on various overviews and you've got yourself a decent update!

Coming Up.
We still need a place for the entire banquet picture Seeker made, as we've
used only parts so far. Also in the works are pictures by Jonael showing
us a boomerang or the margh grumph fist weapon, plus Seeker works on an
illustration of a Knight of the Fallen. Seth has another Mullog myth in
store, and several Places entries are about to get finished, among them
Eight Winds Bay (Dek), the Wyrmrot Spire of Osthemangar (Azhira) and the
Zhunite City of Cyras (Deci). So there's also quite a lot on the menu for
next time, rest assured!

Bestiary

Added entry on the
Aquanix ("Sea-Pony"),
a placid creature that is best described as a gentle giant of the sea (text & pic Tikanni Corazon)
Added entry on the
Dominoore Fish, known to be a
mount of a group of rogue Brownies and even possessing mild telepathy
(Eldor Delrossa)Added entry on the
Night-stalker, a ferocious, carnivorous sloth, the silent terror of
the Scattersand Shoals
(Tikanni Corazon)Added entry on the Snynx
Snake, a furred snake found in the Forest of Contamar
(Sparkle)Updated entry on the Taenish
Bird, adding illustration of a roasted bird
(pic Seeker)

Herbarium

Updated entry on the
Doch Nut, adding a second picture
to this entry
(pic Seeker)
Updated entry on the
Hearth Bush, adding
illustration of some hearth berries and the popular Cavthan drink
"Twilights Hearth"
(pic Seeker)Updated entry on the Kail
Vegetable, adding picture of served kaleflowers
(pic Seeker)

Updated entry on the
Aohu'o Sweet
Spiced Mead, adding picture of this famous Brownie drink
(pic Seeker)
Updated entry on the
Dainbel Pie, adding
picture of this delicious dainbel berries pie. The picture was also added
to the entry on the Dainbel Bush
(pic Seeker)
Updated entry on the
Loibl Bread, adding
picture of a basket full of bread
(pic Seeker)
Added entry on Pain Remedies,
Blood-Loss Management and Infection Cures, another contribution for
our Medicine section
(Kelancey & Seeker, pics Faugar & Koldar)
Updated overviews on
Snacks,
Drinks, Food,
Desserts and
Meat, updating these pages to the new design
and/or adding representative pictures, to name just the most important
ones that were changed. More
coming!
(Seeker & Artimidor)Added entry on the
Swivelstool, an ingenious, yet simple design of a seat that rotates around its own axis
(text & pic Jonael Tomeskrift)

People

Added entry on the
Avennorian Pirate Rekj Snivild,
who made a vow never to kill and is therefore known for using a hrkje whip
instead of a cutlass
(Athviaro Shyu-eck-Silfayr)Added entry on Mian
Longfellow, a hobbit folk hero,
popular in stories for young and old alike for his wit and cunning
(Valan Nonesuch)

Team

Updated our
Odes to the Team page, added
three more poems/songs, one for our resident orc Tharoc, and one for Valan
and Shabakuk
(Bard Judith & Deklitch Hardin)
Updated membership page of
Finnael, replacing it with new
information
(Finnael)

Website

Updated a first portion of several pages
throughout the site, adjusting Earthen measurements to our Santharian
standards. More will be fixed as we go along
(Sparkle & Artimidor)

Site Update
of August 8th 2010 by Artimidor and Seeker

Update Statement. We've got
lots of new stuff to report this time, pretty much in all departments!
Among them important entries in Places like up-to-date information on
Northern Sarvonia (Azhira)
and Manthrian entries on Mount
Evermourn (Eldor) or the Village
of Myrth (Drasil). In the People section the
Remusian Warrior Patron
Ko'roch makes it finally on site (Altario) and the
Eyashenes get a thorough revision
(Azhira). In the Herbarium a beautiful and peaceful tree awaits,
Eyasha's Grace (Tikanni,
also illustrated by her) plus we've just got in a picture of the famous
Never-Sit-Still Mushroom
(Seeker). The Dragon revision progresses in the Bestiary with the
Drake Overview (Kalina) and
the Illoryn Waterbird got
its entry, which is the very first of newbie contributer Sparkle - so once
again welcome to the Dream! Also more magic stuff was done by Drasil,
various food overviews, and the
Eyelian tribe entry now features a Beast Master picture, and the entry
on the R'unorian
Commoners Dagger is also not without illustration anymore (both
Seeker).

Coming Up.
An illustration of Hearthberries is in the making, as is one showing the
Aquanix Sea-Pony. The latter entry is currently in the making and Aos'
very first magical spell should get approval as well pretty soon. Sparkle
has sighted a Furred Snake somewhere up north and maybe the Kaaer'dár'shín
Dagger will also eventually manage it into the Weapons section.

Bestiary

Updated entry on the
Cuncu Sheep, completely revising
the entry. Also updated with the new information was the
Goats and Sheep overview (Seth
Ghibta, poem Altario)Updated overview entry on the
Drakes of Caelereth,
completely revising the entry according to our new menu categorization
concerning drakes. Two more pictures were also added to this overview (Kalina Dalá'isyrás)Updated entry on the
Feathered Wyvern, adding illustration the drake
(pic Sheil)Added entry on the
Illoryn Waterbird, a beautiful bird with spectacular long tail
feathers, found mainly in middle Santharia. The lullaby
"See the Sleepy Illoryn"
was also added to our Lullabies page
(Sparkle, poem by Bard Judith)

Herbarium

Added entry on
Eyasha's Grace ("Harmony
Tree"), an extremely rare, unique and magnificent
tree, surrounded by the soothing perfume (text and
pics Tikanni Corazon)
Updated entry on the
Never-Sit-Still Mushroom, adding
illustration of the mushroom used for instantaneous long-distance
communication. The picture was also added to the
Golgnome entry (pic Seeker)

Added entry on
Mount Evermourn, the tallest
of the Manthrian Caeytharin Mountains, said to mourn the death of the
first Avennorian, Troi Ciosa (Eldor Delrossa)Updated entry on
Northern Sarvonia, completely revising the entry with up-to-date
information (Azhira)
Added entry on the
Village of Myrth, a small
Manthrian settlement that has seen better time and which now lies
underneath a cloud of poverty and disrepair (Drasil
Razorfang)

This week we have a very
special site update for you: Allow us to present a first glimpse on the
upcoming
Santhworld
module addition to the Mysteries of Nepris role playing experience! While
you can already play the first chapter "The Apprentice", the second part
titled "Dark Secrets" is currently in the works and should be finished
within this year. Lots more features await, among them a companion to
accompany you on your travels, a first shop, improved monster
intelligence, long range weapons, much more animations and a suspenseful
story thrice the size of part one and lots of tricky puzzles... To shorten
the time until the module's arrival on site we've decided to show you at
least a bit of what's coming with this
Mysteries
of Nepris Teaser (movie opens up in a new tab/window) - hope you enjoy! (Movie by Artimidor, module done
with the help of Grinch, Seeker, Faugar, Quellion, Bard Judith, Talia,
Ralrok, Vladeptus, Macar)

Announcement
of July 19th 2010 by Artimidor

Finally it's time to
officially welcome two more certified members to the Santharian Dream team
with all rights and privileges membership entails! A round of applause
first, guys, and please welcome the industrious
Valan Nonesuch aka Dan Renwick
from Canada and the imaginative Shabakuk
Zeborius Anfang, with real-life name Peter, hailing from Germany.
Valan has a long Santharian history already and finally - thanks to his
dedicated work - managed to become member with his masterwork entry on the
Ruins of Cort'mangar. That
not enough he went for Miscellaneous Mod as well! While his focus lies on
weapons he also made a bunch of Places entries, wrote two delightful
stories (the last one was just posted freshly on the site) and also
several beasts he can be really proud of! Shab also doesn't really need to
be introduced to anyone reading site updates - he is the creator of such
illustrious entries like the
Fymbels Association (his often lauded masterwork), but you probably
have also heard of his other famous entries, among them the ones about the
Gigglepebbles, the Gobbleswap or the Evil Ear. Wherever a weird idea
calls, Shabakuk is there to investigate! Shab has also become moderator on
the People Forum recently, so official membership was long overdue.
Congratulations to both of our new members!

The traditional Forum feast celebrating the inaugurations of our most
recent members
takes place in
this thread
on a Injerá dominated day in the castle courtyard in New-Santhala, just a
mouse-click away.. As always: Free
virtual drinks and cookies are included! So just join the fun and
congratulate Valan and Shab if you have a minute to spare. See you there!

- Artimidor, Santharian Webmaster on behalf of the Santharian Development
Team

Site Update
of July 18th 2010 by Artimidor and Seeker

Update Statement. This
update brings mainly some necesary organizational changes. Two menus were
expanded considerably - Cosmology and Myth and the Food and Drinks section
in the Miscellaneous menu received a major update with several
sub-sections, along with a first
overview (Artimidor,
Azhira and Seeker). Also added were temperature details in our
Measurements and Weights
entry (Bard Judith), and not only that, the entry was brought in shape by
replacing the old table design with our new style you see also in the
various history tables. On the illustration side we have the
Thiefling Monkey and the
legendary Book of Knowledge
for you (Seeker), and if you enjoy a good read, have a look at
"Mian and the Green Dragon" (Valan) or "The
Right of Champions" by Deci, who also provided a photo update this
week on his member page.

Coming Up.
Already next week in this theater we'll have a "Santhworld - Mysteries of
Nepris, Part II" teaser movie to check out. While it will still
last a while until we can offer you the game to play, you'll at least get
a good glimpse of what's awaiting deep down under a seemingly quiet
fishing village... Also in the works is an Eyelian Beastmaster picture,
Drasil's return brings attention to the Manthrian town of Myrth, while
Eldor is on expedition on Mount Evermourn. Maybe we'll also get an update
on the Mindsmoothers or an entry on the pirate Rekj Snivild, we'll see.

Bestiary

Added entry on the
Nirakaa Fish, a fish of the Western Bay of Nybelmar with the
ability to emit a shocking pulse with an effect reminsicent of lightning (Decipher)Updated entry on the
Thiefling Monkey, adding illustration of a bunch of
these monkeys enjoying themselves (pic Seeker)

Updated entry on the
Book of Knowledge, adding
illustration of one of the most intriguing artifacts of Caelereth. The
picture was also added to the Books
and Tomes Overview and to the
Artifacts and
Relics Overview(pic Seeker)
Added a
Food Overview,
comprising a categorization of everything eatable, ranging from plants,
animals to prepared foods. This overview links to various sub-entries
where they've already been made, other such entries will follow at a later
time (Seeker, pics by various artists)Updated entry on
Measurements and Weights,
substituting the old tables with newly formatted ones and adding a whole
new section with several further tables on Measurement, Calibration and
Units of Temperature (Bard Judith)

Updated Cosmology and Myth menu adding several
new sections and entries, which so far could only be found in the Library
menu (Azhira)Updated Miscellaneous menu, expanding the Food & Drinks section
by adding several sub-categories to complement the main Food Overview
we've just added. Expect further additions in this area! (Seeker)